Batushka

Polish Batushka (Bartłomiej Krysiuk) version are back six months after the release of the last studio material “Раскол / Raskol”. The band now returns with a new concept mini-album entitled “ЦАРЮ НЕБЕСНЫЙ” / “CARJU NIEBIESNYJ”. You can check the first single “Письмо IV / Pismo IV” below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzD-XZ5aVbA Batushka‘s music is more varied, emotional, and [...]

Another year has passed, and once again thanks to the organizer’s collaboration, we were given access to this very unique festival, in which various musical cultures (although the predominant is Gothic) coexist in a healthy way. Here is our report! [...]

The past weeks have been very confusing regarding Batushka. The band’s original lineup suffered a split, resulting in two different versions of Batushka: Derph’s, aka Krzysztof Drabikowski (guitarist) and Bart’s, aka Bartłomiej Krysiuk (singer). While the dispute is in court, both bands have been active and have recently released new music. Krzysztof Drabikowski has came [...]

The landscape of black metal is morphing into something else entirely. As it happens with all artistic movements and their respective subdivisions, experimentation as a statement of healthy aversion to the status quo has proved itself to be inevitable in inducing the magic of conceptual and artistic evolution. Both Batushka and Gaerea are fine examples [...]

All things, good and bad, inevitably meet their demise. As such, Batushka will storm Europe this autumn with the purpose of bringing the End Of Litourgiya to the faithless masses one last time. This tour, presents itself as the end of the promotion cycle for Litourgiya (2015). This is the band’s extremely successful debut record, [...]

Once again, the town of Vagos hosted the anual Vagos Metal Fest, which already became a Meca for metalheads in Portugal. Three days of good concerts, a lot of beer and meeting friends in a relaxed place. Day #1 Tales For The Unspoken received the responsibility of opening the first day of concerts. The band [...]

Once again the small town of Vagos becomes a real “Metal Meca” to most metalheads in Portugal. The festival takes takes place at Quinta do Ega, Vagos, Aveiro that has been upgraded along the years. Repeating the 3 day format, the festival starts on August 11th and stretches until Sunday the 13th. This special festival [...]

Soulfly is the last headliner announced by the organizers of Vagos Metal Fest. Max Cavalera & co will join Arch Enemy, Hammerfall, Wintersun, Korpiklaani, Powerwolf, Rhapsody Reunion, Therion, Primordial, Whitechapel, Batushka, Metal Church, Chelsea Grin, Havok, Gorguts, Hills Have Eyes, Gama Bomb, Cough, Grunt, And Then She Came, Tales For The Unspoken, Miss Lava, Brutality Will Prevail, [...]

Turku Saatanalle V is once again organised by Metallihelvetti (Metalhell) and will take place at Gong1 venue in Turku (Finland). It can honestly be said that the upcoming weekend (3-4 February) will bring one of the most awaited events from the beginning of 2017 in Turku area. Profanatica and Ajattara will be the headliners of this event full of solid [...]

Steelfest opens the season of the Open air “summer” festivals in Finland. It will take place in Hyvinkää, a city located around 1h drive north from Helsinki. The festival started already in  2010 on it’s current format and has been gaining the reputation of one of the finnish festivals that presents the most extreme metal [...]

While most of us that attended the festival are still suffering from some kind of post-festival depression, next year edition is already being planned. It seems today was a very busy day at Blastfest office, since they had and announcement spree during this afternoon! More than a dozen bands were confirmed today in the Facebook [...]

With 2015 coming to its end, its time to choose the best Metal albums of the year. These are the choices of Mütiilator (due to difficulty in chosing a specific order, only the top 3 will be numbered): Leprous – The Congregation 2. Ghost – Meliora   3. Mgła – Exercises In Futility   Shrine [...]